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Naiveness
see synonyms of naivenessNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Naiveness
see synonyms of naivenessadjective
1.
a.
having or expressing innocence and credulity; ingenuous
b.
(as collective noun; preceded by the)
only the naive believed him
2.
artless or unsophisticated
3.
lacking developed powers of analysis, reasoning, or criticism
a naive argument
4. another word for primitive (sense 5)
noun
5. rare
a person who is naive, esp in artistic style
primitive (sense 10)Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Naiveness
see synonyms of naiveness adjective
1.
unaffectedly, or sometimes foolishly, simple; childlike; artless
2.
not suspicious; credulous
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Naiveness
see synonyms of naivenessadj.
1. Lacking worldly experience and understanding, especially:
a. Simple and guileless; artless: a child with a naive charm.
b. Unsuspecting or credulous: naive victims of the scam.
2. Showing or characterized by a lack of sophistication and critical judgment: "this extravagance of metaphors, with its naive bombast" (H.L. Mencken).
3. Not having experienced or been subjected to something, as:
a. Not previously subjected to experiments: testing naive mice.
b. Not having previously taken or received a particular drug: patients naive to antipsychotic medication.
n.
One who is artless, credulous, or uncritical.
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